The scene that got Tony Scott temporarily fired from ‘Top Gun’: “I was very deceptive”
He was saved by the weather.
Tom Cruise
“He’s so slick”: the 1986 role Paul Newman said any actor “would kill for”
Brought back a legend from the early ’60s.
The director who gave Hayley Atwell a 10-year heads-up: “I want to work with you”
Got there in the end.
The atrocious 1982 movie Tom Cruise couldn’t even get an audition for: “Oh, he’s too short”
He got the last laugh.
“Oh my god”: How on earth did Tom Cruise almost end up in a ‘Spider-Man’ movie?
Through the looking glass.
The co-star Morgan Freeman had been dying to work with since 1983: “I’m one of his huge fans”
Only took him 30 years.
“We’ll see”: the 2012 movie Tom Cruise knew was “either going to work or be dreadful”
Spoiler: it was dreadful.